Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
MELINDA GATESWomen around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.
More Melinda Gates Quotes
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If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
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I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why they are not staying in.
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If you don’t have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won’t change the trajectory for students.
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Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it’s increasingly girls, not boys, who don’t know how to read.
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If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
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Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved.
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When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
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Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
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Any social or cultural change has to be made openly and with people agreeing. You don’t get there by just pushing an outsider’s point of view.
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Philanthropy is not about the money. It’s about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
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Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what’s wrong with the school system.
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Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.
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Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.
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Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
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If you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.
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